Saturday, February 06, 2010

Cue the fail at the Teabagger Convention: Here's cover girl Sarah Palin, after banking 100 large to give a speech slamming overspending and greed, answering one of the pre-screened questions by looking at notes written on her hand.

As a number of folks have already remarked, most of us were a little more subtle about this kind of cheating in junior high school, for chrissakes. And 53% of Republicans think she's more qualified to sit in the White House than Obama!? Look, whatever you think of the man's policies, he's definitely not a complete paste-eating chowderhead. I knew this country was into breeding the stupid, but I'm always astounded at how polluted the gene pool has really gotten.

Did any of you actually listen to her speech? She can't even read very well... and it is clear that she doesn't quite understand what she is saying as she's reading it off her notes or the teleprompter. She gives speeches like non-English speaking kids sing karaoke... like she memorized the words phonetically, and has no clue what they really mean.

I don't know who said this, but there is a saying "Empire don't fall, they commit suicide". An editorial was mentioning it recently talking about the US and Bush's time as a president. It could easily be applied for Sarah Palin. She is not only unqualified to become president, she was unqualified to be mayor of Wasilla.

Is there video of this? In this low-res frame it looks like she is just reading off a card in her hand. Seems to me to be a bit reactionary, unless you know of definitive sources that said she was actually reading off her palm. I didn't see any links, so...?

There is no defense for this. Period. The Republican Party saw a bunch of people pissed off at government over taxation and waste and decided to hijack a legit movement for political reasons, perhaps in an attempt to emulate the Democrats takeover of the anti-war movement that they rode back to power in 2006.

This is just a shame, and what makes me even more pissed is that people are falling for it.

What are the top three priorities once there's a conservative president and congress!

That's kind of one to know off the top of your head"

Its even worse. She not only had to write down HER OWN top 3 prioritys... She had to write down her 3 prioritys SHE KNEW SHE WOULD BE ASKED ABOUT. It was a pre screened/agreed question. Thats why she was asked 3 priortys, and thats why she had 3 on her hand.

It really boggles the mind. Thats like having to write down your favorite color for an interview you pre-discussed and knew you would be asked about your favorite color.

How are those her top prioritys if she can't remember them even after being told "we will discuss your top 3 prioritys" beforehand.

It really boggles the mind.Thats like having to write down your favorite color for an interview you pre-discussed and knew you would be asked about your favorite color.

Interviewer: "Stop! Who approacheth the Tea Party Convention must answer me these questions three, ere the other side she see!"Sarah: "Ask me the questions, bridgekeeper. I'm not afraid."Bridgekeeper: "What... is your name?"Sarah: "Lady Sarah of Wasilla."Bridgekeeper: "What... is your quest?"Sarah: "I seek the presidency of the United States."Bridgekeeper: "What... is your favorite color?"Sarah: "Blue. No, yel-- auuuuuuuugh!"

This is sort of the last straw for me. Up until now I could live in a world with this woman. But now my head is about to explode from bewilderment that (a) she's even dumber than I thought, and (b) this won't do anything to diminish support for her among certain groups.

Okay, was that seriously the question for which she needed to write down her responses?

....

Can someone please, please, help me out here. Explain to me how someone so incredibly useless can get paid 100K for a speaking engagement, and possibly run for president, after all of the stupid, stupid things she has said, and even now after this, people will continue to take her seriously.

What must one do to lose credibility anymore? It used to be that people had integrity, and were qualified for the positions they were running for (and even if they didn't, and weren't, they knew how to hide it).

Now......ya, I don't understand it. You can be a war criminal and still get paid huge money for speaking engagements, rather than be placed in jail like you should be (Bush), you can be a complete and utter dolt, still get paid for speaking engagements, get hired to work for a news channel (if you can call it that) and possibly run for US presidencey (Palin).

What the **** is going on down there?

How did we get this far? We have free speech on trial in Amsterdam, we have this woman who:

1) Doesn't know her own policies

2) Still fails prescreened questions

3) Tried to ban books

4) Thinks foreign policy consists of proximity and visibility

etc etc etc

And somehow, rather than be made a laughing stock, she:

1) Has a million plus selling book

2) Gets paid 100 thousand dollars to speak to disenfranchised people about greed

3) Was a presidential running mate

4) May be running for presidency in 2 years

etc etc etc.

It hurts. It honestly hurts. I'm only 28, and I can honestly say I sometimes feel like I might as well give up, it's over. This is one of those times.

Am I the only one who gets nostalgic for time periods in which he did not even live? I see images and video of the arly 20th century, and I wish I was there....but, yes, I am aware of the rose tinted glasses thing. I know the folly of the ''sinking ship'' view of the current generation.

I almost wonder whether Palin's ascent is some right-wing conspiracy to dumb down rhetoric because their policies can't stand up logically. But maybe the GOP and their voters really are as stupid as she is.

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